Maersk Oil has announced its intention to implement workforce reductions amounting to 10-12% of roles across its business.

BP reported operating cash flow for 3Q 2015 was $5.2 billion bringing the total for the first nine months of the year to $13.3 billion. Organic capital expenditure over the nine month period was $13.2 billion. At the end of the quarter, net debt was $25.6 billion representing a gearing level of 20.0%, including approximately 1% arising from the agreements in principle to settle with the United States government and Gulf states.

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday Kremlin-controlled gas producer Gazprom has offered gas supplies to Iran under a swap arrangement, and similar oil deals were also under consideration.

“Saudi Arabia actually triggered the price drop when it decided to defend its market share. The number of shale oil wells in North America has declined ever since, and probably won’t start to increase until the price hits $60[/bbl],”

Реализация проекта «Северный поток 2» значительно повысит надежность газоснабжения европейских стран.

U.S. Rig Count is unchanged from last week at 787, with oil rigs down 1 to 594, and gas rigs up 1 to 193.

Services firm Weatherford International said Wednesday that it will cut 3,000 more jobs by the end of the year and close more facilities.

По нашим оценкам, только «Роснефть» может предложить европейским партнерам участие в проектах на сумму порядка $100 млрд., - заявил Глава «Роснефти». «Масштаб инвестиционной программы «Роснефти» предполагает один из крупнейших в мире якорных заказов, в первую очередь, на продукцию машиностроения и химпрома – порядка 4,6 млрд евро ежегодно, - отметил Игорь Сечин. – А совокупная потребность «Роснефти» в материально-технических ресурсах в 2016-2018 гг. составит € 15,9 млрд».

Sending gas to Europe doesn’t make commercial sense for Iran, says Matthew Bryza, former US assistant secretary for South Caucasus and former US ambassador to Azerbaijan.

BP and China Huadian Corporation (Huadian) today signed a sale and purchase agreement for BP to sell Huadian up to 1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year worth up to $10 billion over the next 20 years.